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Rockets from Ethiopia's Tigray region hit Eritrea capital: diplomats

Thousands of Ethiopians have fled to neighbouring Sudan. [AFP]

Rockets from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea on Saturday, diplomats said, the latest indication that Ethiopia's internal conflict is spreading beyond its borders.

The strikes in Eritrea came the same day the ruling party in Tigray, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), claimed rocket attacks on two airports in a separate region of Ethiopia.

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